- Update: 10th Anniversary
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The Festival is almost here! Here’s some need-to-know information about checking in, picking up passes, and purchasing tickets. Looking forward to seeing everyone soon. If you have pre-purchased... Read more →
10th Anniversary Speakers
Becky Cochrane grew up in the South, graduated from the University of Alabama, and now lives in Texas. She co-wrote five novels under the name Timothy James Beck, wrote two additional novels with Timothy J. Lambert, and has authored numerous short stories and two contemporary romances, A Coventry Christmas and A Coventry Wedding. With Timothy J. Lambert, sheco-edited Fool For | Read More →
As part of the writing team Timothy James Beck, Timothy J. Lambert wrote five novels. He also co-wrote The Deal and Three Fortunes in One Cookie with Becky Cochrane. His short stories were anthologized in Alyson’s Best Gay Love Stories 2005 and Best Gay Love Stories NYC Edition, as well as Lawrence Schimel’s The Mammoth Book of New Gay Erotica, and Foolish Hearts: New Gay Fiction. He | Read More →
Mimi Schippers received her PhD in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is currently Associate Professor of Sociology and the Gender and Sexuality Studies Program at Tulane University. Her academic work focuses on gender, sexuality, and the queer potential of nonmonogamies. She is also interested in exploring alternative representations of gender andsexuality in her | Read More →
Jen Michalski’s collection of novellas, Could You Be With Her Now was publishing in January (Dzanc), and her debut novel, The Tide King, is forthcoming May 14th (Black Lawrence Press). She lives in Baltimore with a Boston terrier named Sophie, her cats Boo and Scout, and a human named Phuong.
ON THE SCHEDULE
First, peruse our schedule below. When you see something you like, make note of the ticket code (listed beneath the description for each event). You’ll need this code for the events... Read more →
Come to our welcome party and experience true Southern Hospitality in the beautiful courtyard of the Hermann-Grima House—a chance to meet the authors that will be speaking during the weekend... Read more →
Stop by and visit with re:Vision and ME+U members along with authors Michael Thomas Ford, Guy Mark Foster, Trebor Healey, and Emanuel Xavier. We’ll have light hors d’oeuvres and drinks... Read more →
The 10th anniversary Saints and Sinners Literary Festival opens with an evening of (complimentary) cocktails and readings from the anthology Saints and Sinners 2013: New Fiction from the Festival.... Read more →
News & Updates
The Festival is almost here! Here’s some need-to-know information about checking in, picking up passes, and purchasing tickets. Looking forward to seeing everyone soon. If you have pre-purchased a ticket: If you have purchased a Weekend Panel Pass, Master Class ticket, Saturday Day Pass, Sunday Day Pass, Reading Series Pass, or walking tour ticket, report to the Registration/Information table at | Read More →
Contests
The winner of the Fourth Annual Short Fiction Contest is “In a Chamber of My Heart” by Sandra Gail Lambert (pictured). The two runner-ups (in alphabetical order) are “Sky Blue” by ‘Nathan Burgoine and “What Took You So Long?” by Vince Sgambati. Our Finalists for the 2013 Saints & Sinners Short Fiction Contest (in alphabetic order) are: | Read More →
What They're Saying ...
“Any conference that tugs a frost-covered Minnesotan away from her Swedish meatballs and plunks her in the middle of the best jazz, and most decadent cuisine, and the finest writing the LBGT community has to offer, and at the same time allows her to rub shoulders with publishers, reviewers, writers, and passionate, articulate readers, is a conference to embrace. Saints and Sinners is, hands down, my favorite convention of the year.”
—Ellen Hart, Five-time winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Best Lesbian Mystery